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HONORING OUR HEROES

Fallen Officers

Milwaukee Police Department (MPD)

Fallen Heroes

William Kammerling
Officer Name

Portrait
Appointed:
January 26, 1917
Deceased:
January 28, 1922

Patrolman Kammerling was 27 years old and had been with the Milwaukee Police Department for five years. He died on the three-year anniversary of being on the motorcycle. Patrolman Kaemmerling was married with two children.

Officer Name

Portrait
Appointed:
December 13, 1906
Deceased:
November 24, 1917

Prior to September 11, 2001, the single deadliest event in national law enforcement history occurred in Milwaukee on November 24, 1917, when nine officers and two citizens were killed in a bomb blast. The bomb exploded inside the assembly of the Central Police Station at Broadway and Oneida Street, now known as Wells Street. Police were not the intended target.

Al Templin
Officer Name

Portrait
Appointed:
October 17, 1904
Deceased:
November 24, 1917

Prior to September 11, 2001, the single deadliest event in national law enforcement history occurred in Milwaukee on November 24, 1917, when nine officers and two citizens were killed in a bomb blast. The bomb exploded inside the assembly of the Central Police Station at Broadway and Oneida Street, now known as Wells Street. Police were not the intended target.

Edward Spindler
Officer Name

Portrait
Appointed:
July 1, 1903
Deceased:
November 24, 1917

Prior to September 11, 2001, the single deadliest event in national law enforcement history occurred in Milwaukee on November 24, 1917, when nine officers and two citizens were killed in a bomb blast. The bomb exploded inside the assembly of the Central Police Station at Broadway and Oneida Street, now known as Wells Street. Police were not the intended target.

Officer Name

Portrait
Appointed:
December 1, 1899
Deceased:
November 24, 1917

Prior to September 11, 2001, the single deadliest event in national law enforcement history occurred in Milwaukee on November 24, 1917, when nine officers and two citizens were killed in a bomb blast. The bomb exploded inside the assembly of the Central Police Station at Broadway and Oneida Street, now known as Wells Street. Police were not the intended target.

Charles Seehawer
Officer Name

Portrait
Appointed:
December 1, 1899
Deceased:
November 24, 1917

Prior to September 11, 2001, the single deadliest event in national law enforcement history occurred in Milwaukee on November 24, 1917, when nine officers and two citizens were killed in a bomb blast. The bomb exploded inside the assembly of the Central Police Station at Broadway and Oneida Street, now known as Wells Street. Police were not the intended target.

David J. O’Brien
Officer Name

Portrait
Appointed:
November 4, 1887
Deceased:
November 24, 1917

Prior to September 11, 2001, the single deadliest event in national law enforcement history occurred in Milwaukee on November 24, 1917, when nine officers and two citizens were killed in a bomb blast. The bomb exploded inside the assembly of the Central Police Station at Broadway and Oneida Street, now known as Wells Street. Police were not the intended target.

Fred Kaiser
Officer Name

Portrait
Appointed:
February 7, 1905
Deceased:
November 24, 1917

Prior to September 11, 2001, the single deadliest event in national law enforcement history occurred in Milwaukee on November 24, 1917, when nine officers and two citizens were killed in a bomb blast. The bomb exploded inside the assembly of the Central Police Station at Broadway and Oneida Street, now known as Wells Street. Police were not the intended target.

Henry Deckert
Officer Name

Portrait
Appointed:
October 21, 1913
Deceased:
November 24, 1917

Prior to September 11, 2001, the single deadliest event in national law enforcement history occurred in Milwaukee on November 24, 1917, when nine officers and two citizens were killed in a bomb blast. The bomb exploded inside the assembly of the Central Police Station at Broadway and Oneida Street, now known as Wells Street. Police were not the intended target.

Frank Caswin
Officer Name

Portrait
Appointed:
February 1, 1915
Deceased:
November 24, 1917

Prior to September 11, 2001, the single deadliest event in national law enforcement history occurred in Milwaukee on November 24, 1917, when nine officers and two citizens were killed in a bomb blast. The bomb exploded inside the assembly of the Central Police Station at Broadway and Oneida Street, now known as Wells Street. Police were not the intended target.